Carry iron



D. s. BARROWS CARRY IRON March 1927, v 1,619,693

Filed Aug. '2, 1924 Patented Mar. 1, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF i 1,619,6fi3

FIC E DONALD S. BARIRJOWS OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE SYMINGTON COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

CARRY IRON.

Application filed August 7, 1924. Serial No. 730,689.

The invention relates to draft rigging for railway cars and more particularly to means for supporting the coupler at points adjacent the coupler head, said means being adapted to cooperate with flanges formed on the center sills, said flanges furnishing the support for said means.

The principle object of the invention, generally considered, consists in combining with center sills of a railway car having oppositely directed flanges at their lower ends, a carry iron adapted to bridge the space between the sills, said carry iron having portions cooperating with the flanges of each center'sill and additional portions cooperating with the sill web.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carry iron having adjacent its ends recessed portions adapted to receive the adjacent sills together with means for connecting said carry iron to said sills.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a carry iron adapted to cooperate with the coped inner flanges of the center sills of the A. R. A. standard car, said carry iron having portions extending longitudinally thereof, said extending portions being adapted to cooperate with the outwardly directed flanges of said car sills, and means for connecting the carry iron totsaid sills.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is an end elevational view showing the center portion of the car and showing the carry iron in position and the coupler in cross section;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of Figure 1 taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, the direction of view being indicated by the arrows adjacent the ends of said section line;

Figure 3 is a side 'elevational view; and

Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Throughout the several views like parts are designated by like reference characters.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a portion of a car end framing and 2 an angle bar connected to the end framing by the rivets 3, said angle bar bridging the space between the center sills 4 and being connected to the upper out-turned flanges 5 thereof by the rivets 6. Extending transversely of the sills 4 and connected thereto,

noted that the sills 4 are of the so-called special I-beam type and the inturned flanges 10 thereof are coped or cut away, as in the standard A. R. A. car, from the end of the sills to a point adjacent the rear end of the cushioning mechanism so as to permiti11- sertion and withdrawal of the cushioning mechanism from between the sills upon the detachment of the cushioning mechanism supports.

The sills 4 preferably extend to a point flush with the forward flange of the angle bar 2 although it will of course be understood that by center sills as used throughout the specification and claims, I do not limit the invention to cars in which continuous center sills extending from car end to car end are employed and that by the term center sills I intend to include also such construction where the center sills terminate at points intermediate the car ends and short stub sillsor draft sills are employed.

The carry iron is generally designated by the reference numeral 11 and comprises a trussed or flanged bar 12 having depending therefrom and preferably adjacent the side edges thereof, the trusses or flanges 13 and 14. The bar 12 is provided at points adjacent the inner faces of the sills 4 with upturned flanges 15 and may, if desired, be provided adjacent the lower ends of the said flanges with thickened portions 16 which are adapted to conform to and overlie the adjacent portions of the flanges 10. The flange 13 extends upwardly and is integrally connected to the forward edge of the flanges 15 and extends longitudinally of the carry iron a distance substantially equal to the extent of the flanges 9 of the sills 4. Integrally connected with the extending portions of the flange 13 I provide the carry iron with angle flanges 17 and 18 which extend rearwardly from the flange 13, the flanges 17 being upright and being adapted to engage the outer, faces of the webs of the sills 4 while each flange 18 is adapted to overlie and conform to the adjacent face of the out-turned flanges 9 of the said sills.

The flanges 18 are provided; with apertures 19 through which and'through corresponding openings 20 in the flanges 9 are received.

the securingbolts-Ql by means of which the 5 carry iron-is maintained in position against outward movement. The bolts 21 may be provided with nuts 22 and to prevent the accidental misplacement ot the nuts locking dev'ces 23 consisting of Z-bars may be em ployed.

To obviate wear from the coupler 26' on the bar 12 of the carry iron, I provide a wearing-shoe 2% which may be of channelshape so as to overlie the bar 12 and to be i5 maintained. in position by the depending flanges of the said shoe. A From. the foregoing description. taken in connection with the drawing,.it Wlll be observed that there is provided at each end 20 of the carry iron supports 16 and 18-which so and by providing, as notech. a plurality. of

4 V sill flanges, the weight of the coupler and the pressurefrom the coupler d'ue-to anglingv movements, are adequately supported and at the same time bearings engaging the the carry iron is simply and easily detached fronrthe car by theremovali of the bolts 21. It might be observed that: the wearing shoe 2-12 prevents all wear upon thematerial, of the carry'iron and that additional wearing shoes may be easily. applied: as desired, It

is also to be noted that if desired, shims may. be'inserted between the carry iron and the wearing shoe so thatthe height of the supporting the same, said means including a member bridging'the said sills and supported by the inner flanges thereof, said member being in abutting engagement with the forward faces of said sills;

3; In a draft rigging, the combination with center sills having oppositely directed lower flanges, of a coupler, a carry iron therefor, said carry iron having, adjacent its ends, portions adapted to overlie the said sill flanges without intersecting the webs thereof, and means for removably connecting the said carry iron to some of said flanges.

4. The combination with center sillshaving inwardly directed lower. flanges, of a coupler, and a carry iron for supporting the same, said carry iron comprising a substan tially U-section member, the web of said member'being adapted to overlie the said sill flanges.

5. A coupler carry iron comprising a trussed beam having upright sill engaging flanges, anda plurality of substantially horizontally extending flanges, said last named DONALD S. BARROlVS 

